Rail joint



' E. H. BRUNNER.

RAIL JOINT. v APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, I92].

1,403,938, Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

i X I 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAIL JOINT.

Application filed June 24, 1921.

T 0 all to hem it may concern Be'it known that I, EARL H. BRUNNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Albany, in the county of Floyd, State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Rail Joint; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to rail joints and has for its object to provide a device of this character comprising plates adapted to be secured to adjacent rail ends, said plates having centrally disposed integral portions adapted to be disposed between the adjacent rail ends and so shaped as to form a tread portion registering with the tread portions of the rail ends and interengaging lugs, which lugs are received in cutaway portions in the web of the adjacent rail ends.

A further obj set is to provide a combined rail joint and chair formed from members secured to the rail webs and scalloped in said rail webs, thereby maintaining the joints against sagging and in the same horizontal plane.

lVit-h the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of the rail joint, showing the same applied in adjacent ends of rails.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 8-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view of the adjacent rail ends showing the connecting member, parts being broken away to better illustrate the structure.

Figure 5 is a top plan view.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals l and 2 designate the ends of adjacent rails 3,

the webs 4 of which are provided with recesses 5 which receive the rectangular shaped integral portions 6 carried by the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1?, 1922.

Serial No. 480,037.

inner faces of the plates '7. Plates 7 at points centrally thereof are provided with upwardly extending enlargements 8, which enlargements when brought together term a tread section 9 which registers with the treads 10 of the adjacent rails 3, thereby forming a gripping member over which a car wheel passes. Plates 7 at their lower edges and substantially centrally of the plates merge into integral portions 11, which portions when brought together form a base similar to the bases 12 of the adjacent rails 3. However the plates 7 adjacent their ends overlie the upper sides of the rail bases 12, and in conjunction with the rectangular shaped portions 6 disposed in the recesses 5 of the webs of the rails prevent downward displacement of adjacent rail ends in relation to each other, thereby obviating sagging and at the same time eliminating jolting and noise as the car wheel passes over the rail joint. The plates 7 are secured to the rail ends 1 and 2 by means of bolts 13 which pass through said plates and through the webs 4 of the rails.

From the above it will be seen that a rail joint is provided which is simple in construction and one wherein the rail ends will be positively locked together in such a manner that they will be prevented from movement in relation to each other and the treads of the rails maintained in alignment at all times.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 2- 1. A rail joint comprising a pair of plates adapted to be secured to the adjacent ends of rails, said plates centrally thereof when in engagement with each other being of the same cross sectional shape as the rails, said plates on their inner faces being provided with longitudinally oppositely extending integral lugs'adapted to be received in recesses in the webs of the adjacent rail ends.

2. A rail joint comprising a pair of plates adapted to be secured to the adjacent ends of rails, said plates centrally thereof when in abutting engagement being of the same cross sectional shape as the rails, the ends of said plates overlying the webs of the adjacent rails and the upper sides of'the bases of the rails, bolts passing through said plates at points spaced from their centers and through the webs of the adjacent rails,

oppositely extending integral lugs extend- In testimony tvherof I have signed my ing away from the centers of the plates, the name to this specification in the presence or" oppositely extending lugs of each plate regtwo subscribing witnesses.

istering with the oppositely extending lugs EARL H. BRUNNER. 5 of the adjacent plate, said registering lugs Vitnesses: 3 e

being disposed in recesses in the Webs of the J OHN J. EGLE,

adjacent rails. Y LOUIS H. IRION. 

